microdose
Fraction of standard
A microdose is a very small quantity of a drug—typically a psychedelic like LSD or psilocybin—taken not to get high but to produce subtle effects on mood, creativity, or focus: She microdoses mushrooms for anxiety.
The practice gained popularity in Silicon Valley tech culture.
The verb is to microdose; the practice is microdosing.
Hallucinogenic substance from fungi
- LSDPsychedelic hallucinogen
- mushroomsSpore-bearing fruiting bodies
- setArrange in position
- settingContext of events
DMT · ayahuasca · acid · trip · consciousness · expansion · transcendence · hallucinogen
Measuring concentration by addition
- bioavailabilityFraction reaching active circulation
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- pharmacokineticsDrug fate in body
- half-lifePeriod for fifty-percent reduction
potency · efficacy · absorption · metabolism · contraindications · tolerance · receptor · serotonin
Maintaining personal wellbeing
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- integrationCombining into a whole
- healingRestoration of health
natural · mind-body · meditation · intention · routine · mood · clarity · creativity
Cognitive enhancement compounds
- productivityOutput relative to input
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- lifehackingProductivity trick strategies
- stackingPlacing items vertically
supplement · focus · performance · tracking · protocol
Determining size or amount
- microgramMillionth of a gram
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- quantitativeConcerning measurable amounts
incremental · fine-tuning · exactitude · controlled · granularity · sensitivity · volumetric · dilution
psilocybin
Hallucinogenic substance from fungi
setting · DMT · ayahuasca · acid · trip · consciousness · expansion · transcendence · hallucinogen · integration
titration
Measuring concentration by addition
- bioavailabilityFraction reaching active circulation
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- pharmacokineticsDrug fate in body
half-life · potency · efficacy · absorption · metabolism · contraindications · tolerance · receptor · serotonin · neuroplasticity
self-care
Maintaining personal wellbeing
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- integrationCombining into a whole
healing · natural · mind-body · meditation · intention · routine · mood · clarity · creativity · depression
imperceptible
Cannot be sensed
gentle · nuanced · faint · trace · hint · light · soft · incremental · gradual · understated
nootropics
Cognitive enhancement compounds
- productivityOutput relative to input
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- lifehackingProductivity trick strategies
stacking · supplement · focus · performance · tracking · protocol
measurement
Determining size or amount
- microgramMillionth of a gram
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
quantitative · incremental · fine-tuning · exactitude · controlled · granularity · sensitivity · volumetric · dilution · subdivision
- Micromicrobe, microbes, microchip, microchips, microscope
- dosingmegadose, booster, titration, bolus
- drug useshoot up, smoke weed, injecting, drop acid, smoking
- drug deliverydrug delivery, injection, time release, delayed release, capsule
- psychedelicsLSD, psilocybin, DMT, mescaline, ayahuasca
- Shroomspsilocybin, magic mushrooms, shrooms, penis envy, liberty cap
microdosemegadose
Excessive therapeutic quantity
macrodose · heroic dose · overdose · lethal dose · therapeutic dose
microdoseego death
Total loss of identity
breakthrough experience · bad trip · peak experience · hallucination · out-of-body experience